Sal Huitron:  

Life I'll try not to write a bio novel. I have three children, all grown, out in the world and I would hope making it a better place. Two of them Steve and Sonny also graduated from North High in 1990 and 1992. In 1989, Steve was at 17 1/2 and wished to sign up with the U.S. Army. Steve is now a retired Warrant Officer 5. He was a Black Hawk, UH58D, and an AH64 Apache helicopter pilot, later becoming an instructor/accident investigator. He retired from the Army after 30 years of service. He is now a Aeronautical Instructor at a local college. He has now been accepted to head the ROTC unit at the college. Steve's wife, Melinda, also retired from the Army after 20 years. They had two sons whom also served in the Army, Steve, Jr. and Eric. Sonny graduated from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in MO. Sonny is a Doctor in The U.S. Army. He was promoted to The Chief Medical Officer and the Deputy Commander at Fort Bliss's Wm. Beaumont Hospital. Sonny's wife Kristin, also served in the Army. Stacee earned her GED in 1999 and lives in Phx. She loves her job. We are guardians of two of our grand children, Charelle and Justin which we have raised since they were born in 1992, and 1996. Both work in Phoenix full time and are doing Good. I am Very Proud of them All. I went to Madison #3 or Richard C. Simis School as it was known. Even though I emailed allumni, No one keeps in touch from Simis, .. so sad! I enjoyed high school immensely, especially sports; baseball, track, wrestling, and of course Football. I always had a paper route of some kind (8 yrs) and I also worked part time at Bashas Market at Bethany Home Rd. and 16th Street. I loved the newspaper and grocery business. I was a newspaper brat most all of my grade school and high school years. Even while attending Phoenix College, I had an Arizona Republic newspaper auto route. In 1967, I was offered a District Advisor/Trouble shooter position, which I accepted. Each time a state district went down I would have to go make it functional again. What ever the case, any time a State District Advisor was fired, quit, retired, or died I was sent to sort out the situation, sometimes under the worst conditions imaginable. I finally settled in Cottonwood, Az. when a DA was in an auto accident and he was not physically able to return to work. I lived there for 3 years. I was even shot on the job there. The man was convicted and sentenced to a state mental insti...Expand for more